Roofing-tile.



R. Y. AMES & w. -HAYw00D.

ROOFING TILE.v

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1'4. |911.

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ROOFING TILEf APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14| |917.'

'Patented J an. 1, 1918.

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RGBERT YETTON AMES, 0F GIDEA PARK, ESSEX, AND WILLIAM I-IAYWOOD, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

ROOFING-TILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 1, 1918.

Application filed February 14, 1917. Serial No. 148,563.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT Yn'r'roN AMES and WILLIAM I-IAYwooD, both subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing, respectively, at 36 Broadway, Gidea Fark, Essex, England, and 245 Bristol road, Birmingham, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Roofing-Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in and relating to roofing-tiles and is especially applicable to tiles of the Roman type. rlhe object of the invention is to provide simple nieans for supporting or fixing the tiles in position, and also to increase the weatherproof qualities of the roof.

To this end we provide the tiles with laterally projecting nibs or the like designed to epgage with cleats or blocks secured to the roo v In carrying out the invention as applied to tiles of the Roman type and having flat under tiles and roll upper tiles, we form the lateral nibs or projections upon the flat under tiles, and we also make these tiles with rabbeted edges for the purpose of providing an overlapping joint which shall be watertight and capable of being made without the necessity of cutting off the corners or vertical sides of the tiles.

In the case of Roman tiles using roll tiles for both the upper and under tiles, we make such tiles to taper in the direction of their length, the narrow end of each tile entering the wider end of the adjacent tiles and so forming a watertight joint therewith. The nibs or projections are formed at the side of the tile and project beyond the edge of the same so as also to form feet or supports for the tile when drying in the course of manufacture.

These roll tiles may also be furnished with rabbeted ends as in the case where flat under and roll upper tiles are made use of, or alternatively, the iat tiles may be made tapered, as in the case where roll tiles are used for both under and upper tiles. Furthermore we may make use of flats for both upper and under tiles.

To enable the invention to be fully understood we will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional front Velevation of a portion of i roof furnished with tiles made according to the invention, the under tiles being flat and the upper tiles being roll tiles. l

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the kine 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4, Fig. i, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the roofing, with some of the Lipper roll tiles removed.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating the application of the invention to a roof having both theJ under and upper tiles of the roll type. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section on the line 7-7, Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the line 8*-8, Fig. 6, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective'view of the roofing.

Referring first to tho construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5, A represents the rafters and boarding of the roof, a the under tiles which are of the flat shape, and b the upper tilesI which are of the roll type. 'lhe under tiles a are rabbeted as indicated at 0 so that adj acent tiles can fit into one another as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

(l are the lateral nibs or proje tions which are formed upon the flat under tiles a, and e are the cleats or blocks against which the said nibs bear, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and which are secured to the boarding A or other surface of the roof.

The upper roll tiles b are nailed, as shown in Fig. 2, to the cleats e and their adjacent ends overlap as also indicated in the drawing.

In the construction of rooling illustrated inl Figs. 6 to 9 both the under and the upper tiles are of the roll type. In this case the said tiles are made to taper from end to end, as clearly shown in Figs. 6 to 9, the narrow end of each tile passing into and making a joint'with `the wider end of the neXt adjacent tile. rlhe nibs Z are formed laterally near the wide ends of the under tiles and engage with the cleats o-r blocks e as inthe form of roofing illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5.

Claims:

1. The combination with a roof .having lower ends of the tiles above, and overlapping Curved tiles nailed to said blocks and having their lower edges resting on the iirst mentioned tiles for preventing the same from moving away from the roof.

2. The combination with a roof having alined spaced blocks, of upwardly curved tiles provided at their lateral edges with projections engaging said blocks and having their upper ends sufliciently large to permit the insertion of the lower ends of the tiles above, and overlapping downwardly curved tiles covering the spaces between the lateral edges of the other tiles and having their lower edges resting on the upwardly curved 15 ROBERT YETTON AMES. WILLIAM HAYVVOOD.

Witnesses to the signature of Robert Yett'on Ames:

H. A. B. DERRICH, l/VILLIAM STEWART. itnesses to the signature of William Haywood A. O. JESTER, W. Woonooon.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents eaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

